Telegram from James Webb to President Harry S. Truman, with Attached Telegram from Secretary of State Dean Acheson
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SECURITY
INFORMATION
U.S.S. WILLIAMSBURG
U. S. Naval Gun Factory
WH 838
WASHINGTON 25, D. C.
WHITE 4Ø
28172ØZ
28 NOVEMBER 1951
FROM:
ACTING SECRETARY OF STATE, HONORABLE JAMES E. WEBB
TO :
THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
SUBJECT:
ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE FOR FRANCE.
IN A MEMORANDUM OF NOVEMBER 19, 1951, I TRANSMITTED
TO YOU A REPORT FROM SECRETARY ACHESON REGARDING FRENCH
REQUIREMENTS FOR ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE. A FURTHER REPORT
IS CONTAINED IN THE ATTACHED TELEGRAM 3049 FROM PARIS OF
NOVEMBER 21. THIS TELEGRAM REFLECTS THE VIEW OF OUR
NEGOTIATORS IN PARIS THAT NOT MORE THAN $130 MILLION
WOULD HAVE TO BE TRANSFERRED FROM MILITARY END-ITEM AID
FOR USE AS ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE, RATHER THAN THE ESTIMATED
NEED TO TRANSFER $15Ø TO $300 MILLION CONTAINED IN THE
LAST PARAGRAPH OF MY MEMORANDUM.
SIGNED JAMES E. WEBB
ACTING SECRETARY
Re:
ENCLOSURE:
DECLASSIFIED
PARIS TELEGRAM 3049
E.O. 12065, Soc. 3-402
NOVEMBER 21, 1951
FROM:
PARIS
State Dept. Guidolinos, March 6, 1982
TO :
SECRETARY OF STATE
By. HL
NLT, Dale 3-16-ty
FOR WEBB FROM ACHESON AND HARRIMAN.
REFERRING DEPTEL 2999, COMMITMENT GIVEN FRENCH AT
MTG PLEVEN ON FRIDAY MORNING (EMBTEL 2967) WAS ASSURANCE
THAT $600 MILLION (EXCLUDING POSSIBLE $50. MILLION EXIM
BANK COTTON LOAN) OF EXPENDITURES WOULD BE ACHIEVED IN
FRANCE BEFORE JUNE 30, 1952, THROUGH ONE MEANS OR ANOTHER,
PROVIDED FRENCH DID NÉCESSARY THINGS WITH RESPECT TO
BASES AND OTHER FACILITIES, AND ON ASSUMPTION FRENCH COME
UP WITH ADEQUATE CONTRIBUTION TO DEFENSE OF WEST EUR
WITHIN THE OVERALL NATO FRAMEWORK BEING DEVELOPED BY
TCC AND CONTINUE INDOCHINA EFFORT. NO (RPT NO) INDICATION
GIVEN RE SPECIFIC BREAKDOWN OF FIGURE, BUT UNDERSTANDING
ON US SIDE WAS THAT IT MIGHT POSSIBLY BE $300 MILLION
ECON AID AND $300 MILLION US MILITARY EXPENDITURES. OUR
VIEW WAS THAT TO EXTENT MILITARY EXPENDITURES SHLD EXCEED
$300 MILLION, WE CLD REDUCE ECON AID FIGURE. IT WAS NOT
(RPT NOT) CONTEMPLATED BY US THAT ECON AID WLD EXCEED
$300 MILLION. CONSEQUENTLY DO NOT (RPT NOT) ENVISAGE
ASKING FOR TRANSFER TO FRANCE UNDER SECTION 101 (B) OF
SEORE
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